TheRadical People's Party (Norwegian:Det radikale folkeparti), founded as theLabour Democrats (Norwegian:Arbeiderdemokratene), was aradical political party inNorway mainly active from 1906 to 1936, targeting workers and smallholders. The party was founded byJohan Castberg, who led the party until his death in 1926.^[2] He was succeeded in this position by Alf Mjøen, who also represented the party as a member of theStorting.

The party was a successor to theUnited Norwegian Workers' Association (Norwegian:De forenede norske Arbeidersamfund, DFNA), a labour organisation associated with theLiberal Party, which due to conflicts with the mother party fielded Johan Castberg as a parliamentary candidate in the1900 election.^[3][4] Castberg in turn founded a new party, the Labour Democrats in 1906.^[2][3] The party took part in its firstelection in 1906, and in 1912 and 1915 it won six parliamentary representatives.^[2]

For most of its history, the party cooperated with the Liberal Party.^[2] The party had its strongest support among small-scale farmers and landless agricultural labourers, based in a non-socialist ideology.^[3] In 1921 the party changed its name to the Radical People's Party^[2] (although its members continued to be referred to as "Labour Democrats").^[3]

The party eventually went into a steady decline.^[2] Only inOppland did the party retain some influence.^[2][3] In the1918 election, the party was reduced to one representative. At theelection in 1936, it fell out of parliament altogether.^[2] After theSecond World War, the party had effectively merged into the Liberal Party, although formally the parties had joint lists in Oppland until 1957.^[3] The party was formally dissolved in 1965.^[3]

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Election	Votes		Seats		Role
	#	%	#	±
1903	withVenstre[a]		2 / 117	New	in opposition
1906	12,819	4.8	4 / 123	2	in opposition
					in coalition 1908–1910
1909	15,550	3.7	2 / 123	2
					in opposition
1912	withVenstre		6 / 123	4	in opposition
1915	25,658	4.2	6 / 123	0	in opposition
1918	21,980	3.3	3 / 126	3	in opposition
1921	22,970	2.5	2 / 150	1	in opposition
1924	17,144	1.8	2 / 150	0	in opposition
1927	13,459	1.4	1 / 150	1	in opposition
1930	9,228	0.8	1 / 150	0	in opposition
1933	6,858	0.6	1 / 150	0	in opposition
1936	6,407	0.4	0 / 150	1	in opposition

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